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Date:      Mon, 5 Aug 1996 11:40:33 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey)
Cc:        kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SciTeXt (font problem)
Message-ID:  <199608050940.LAA05168@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960804093110.9179B-100000@ginger.eng.umd.edu> from Chuck Robey at "Aug 4, 96 09:32:38 am"

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> On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Desired Font not in Cache - loading !!!
> > ERROR:Font could not be loaded by X-Server !bgate# 
> > 
> > The window pops up for the half of a second and then the app dies.
> 
> I had this problem at first too, just go into your XF86Config file and add
> the directory /usr/local/scitext/dof to your fontpath list.  Don't worry
> about mkfontdir, it already had a dir in the directory.

Which raises the question: Which is better policy for installing fonts
under X:

1) adding an arbitrary non-evident directory to the fontpath

2) creating another directory in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts

3) putting the fonts into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc


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--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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